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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1921 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,430 District of Columbia births in 1921 across 260 distinct names.

Distinctively District of Columbia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say District of Columbia more than they say America.

#65Ellsworthoutside the national top 200
#73Carrolloutside the national top 200
#59Julian#182 nationally
#90Adeleoutside the national top 200
#92Soloutside the national top 200
#97Annetteoutside the national top 200
#90Nathaniel#187 nationally
#64Clifton#160 nationally
#93Sylvester#185 nationally
#56Miriam#147 nationally
#72Wilbert#163 nationally
#77Marshall#164 nationally

Girls

#1Mary362US #1
#2Dorothy157US #2
#3Margaret146US #4
#4Helen95US #3
#5Elizabeth82US #10
#6Doris79US #13
#7Frances79US #9
#8Mildred79US #7
#9Evelyn70US #12
#10Ruth68US #5
#11Catherine63US #23
#12Louise55US #22
#13Virginia51US #6
#14Anna49US #11
#15Thelma48US #30
#16Betty45US #8
#17Lillian44US #19
#18Alice42US #15
#19Marjorie39US #16
#20Eleanor36US #29
#21Florence34US #17
#22Gladys34US #24
#23Martha34US #21
#24Ethel33US #32
#25Jean31US #25
#26Rose30US #20
#27Barbara29US #40
#28Edith29US #33
#29Grace29US #35
#30Gertrude28US #46
#31Jane28US #47
#32Katherine26US #49
#33Marie25US #14
#34Marion25US #43
#35Nancy25US #87
#36Ann24US #53
#37Audrey21US #82
#38Bernice21US #39
#39Agnes20US #56
#40Charlotte20US #79
#41Juanita20US #57
#42Patricia20US #84
#43Anne19US #70
#44Gloria19US #102
#45Josephine19US #28
#46Shirley19US #44
#47Edna18US #27
#48Irene18US #18
#49June18US #50
#50Lucille18US #31
#51Marguerite18US #98
#52Norma18US #51
#53Elsie17US #55
#54Vivian17US #68
#55Geraldine16US #62
#56Miriam16US #147
#57Jeanne15US #109
#58Julia15US #58
#59Rita15US #48
#60Sarah15US #54
#61Sylvia15US #88
#62Beatrice14US #41
#63Bessie14US #75
#64Kathryn14US #64
#65Alma13US #78
#66Annie13US #36
#67Ellen13US #95
#68Esther13US #42
#69Lois13US #38
#70Pearl13US #65
#71Elaine12US #97
#72Emma12US #52
#73Lorraine12US #61
#74Lucy12US #93
#75Dolores11US #111
#76Estelle11US #161
#77Hazel11US #34
#78Janet11US #124
#79Marian11US #69
#80Rosemary11US #128
#81Theresa11US #107
#82Alberta10US #133
#83Bertha10US #59
#84Clara10US #45
#85Constance10US #149
#86Emily10US #121
#87Kathleen10US #83
#88Pauline10US #37
#89Ada9US #145
#90Adele9
#91Erma9US #158
#92Eva9US #63
#93Ida9US #67
#94Madeline9US #139
#95Rosa9US #131
#96Viola9US #66
#97Annette8
#98Cora8US #140
#99Jeanette8US #125
#100Laura8US #71

Boys

#1William284US #3
#2John240US #1
#3James239US #4
#4Robert190US #2
#5Charles140US #5
#6Joseph139US #7
#7George129US #6
#8Edward78US #8
#9Thomas73US #11
#10Richard60US #10
#11Raymond53US #16
#12Francis50US #35
#13Walter48US #15
#14Paul46US #14
#15Harry45US #21
#16David44US #25
#17Warren41US #24
#18Frank40US #9
#19Bernard38US #45
#20Albert36US #20
#21Henry34US #17
#22Herbert32US #42
#23Ralph32US #23
#24Donald30US #13
#25Louis30US #29
#26Howard28US #27
#27Clarence27US #28
#28Norman27US #46
#29Earl26US #31
#30Melvin26US #53
#31Arthur25US #19
#32Carl25US #30
#33Samuel25US #44
#34Harold24US #12
#35Jack24US #18
#36Ernest23US #38
#37Lawrence23US #37
#38Eugene22US #26
#39Frederick22US #61
#40Daniel21US #49
#41Milton19US #75
#42Alfred17US #43
#43Fred16US #33
#44Russell16US #52
#45Theodore15US #65
#46Leonard14US #39
#47Leroy14US #55
#48Benjamin12US #82
#49Edwin12US #54
#50Vincent12US #70
#51Wallace12US #88
#52Andrew11US #51
#53Harvey11US #87
#54Maurice11US #101
#55Stanley11US #41
#56Jerome10US #125
#57Philip10US #72
#58Alexander9US #116
#59Julian9US #182
#60Kenneth9US #22
#61Peter9US #57
#62Wilbur9US #100
#63Allen8US #94
#64Clifton8US #160
#65Ellsworth8
#66Floyd8US #63
#67Irving8US #124
#68Leo8US #50
#69Lester8US #66
#70Martin8US #78
#71Roy8US #32
#72Wilbert8US #163
#73Carroll7
#74Franklin7US #126
#75Horace7US #129
#76Lewis7US #71
#77Marshall7US #164
#78Oscar7US #92
#79Phillip7US #162
#80Roland7US #107
#81Sidney7US #110
#82Victor7US #83
#83Anthony6US #40
#84Douglas6US #111
#85Edgar6US #90
#86Elmer6US #48
#87Gerald6US #60
#88Lloyd6US #58
#89Morris6US #104
#90Nathaniel6US #187
#91Oliver6US #135
#92Sol6
#93Sylvester6US #185
#94Vernon6US #68
#95Willard6US #89
#96Calvin5US #131
#97Chester5US #56
#98Gilbert5US #103
#99Guy5US #140
#100Herman5US #64

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑55Herbert#22
↑34Jerome#56
↑32Patricia#42
↑32Floyd#66
↑31Kathryn#64
↑26Nancy#35
↑26Audrey#37
↑25Juanita#41

Falling

↓48Lois#69
↓48Pauline#88
↓46Lloyd#88
↓39Viola#96
↓39Vernon#94
↓38Chester#97
↓37Gilbert#98
↓33Elmer#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.